March 2010

Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development 
March 28-31, 2010
Montpellier, France
The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) 2010 will be held in Montpellier, France from 28-31 March 2010. GCARD is organized by GFAR in collaboration with the Consortium and Independent Science and Partnership Council (now being formed) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The Conference will replace the GFAR Triennial Conferences and the Annual General Meetings of the CGIAR. The GCARD conference is informed by a comprehensive, systematic and inclusive global consultation process, which will identify key themes and issues from all the stakeholders who are actively engaged in the whole agricultural system. The public sector, national and international policy makers, agricultural Institutions, agricultural research systems managers, leaders of farmer organizations and cooperatives, Non-Government Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, Universities, Private Sector Enterprises in Agri-business and farming and investors, donors and philanthropic organizations will have a keen interest in understanding the outputs of the conference. Priorities of those engaged in agriculture are already being captured by regional reviews, an electronic survey, open electronic consultations and face-to-face meetings in each of the regions of Near East, Asia Pacific, Central Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America/Caribbean. The combination of these will deliver regional research priorities matched against development demands and articulated from user needs and demands outwards. These in turn will lead towards a strategic action plan to improve the orientation of agricultural research systems, structures and processes for maximum impact. In subsequent years, the GCARD will enable public accountability of progress and impact as research strives to meet these objectives.
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